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It's Okay to Be Smart
Why Your Grandma Is an Evolutionary Mystery
Season 13
Episode 2
This is one of the weirdest mysteries of human evolution: Why do we have grandmas? From menopause to our slow maturation and super-long lifespans, humans are quite unique in the animal kingdom. Could grandma be an evolutionary secret weapon? Or is she just a quirky side effect of living long lives?
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